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<blockquote data-quote="Kelleris" data-source="post: 2139131" data-attributes="member: 19130">Yes, the main advantage of shadow walk is flexibility.&nbsp; I almost always take it for my high-level Bard characters because it fills so many different roles with just a single &quot;spells known&quot; slot - large-scale transport, planar travel, getaway spell for you and a friend.&nbsp; Heck, you can even use it to randomly teleport enemies.&nbsp; If you're real lucky, they'll wander off into Deep Shadow and get eaten by a pack of greater shadows.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":]" title="Devious&nbsp; &nbsp; :]" data-shortname=":]" />&nbsp; I like to tumble past enemies and try to touch someone who's really irked me in the combat when I use it to run away.&nbsp; That way, there's at least a chance that you can take them down with you.&nbsp; Teleport sure doesn't give you a parting shot like that!Oh, and as for the &quot;attack&quot; use of the spell - it's an illusion spell.&nbsp; I haven't yet, but if I ever make an illusionist Bard/Sorcerer/Wizard it would be useful as an attack spell that benefits from SF and GSF (illusion) while still affecting creatures that aren't affected by figments due to true seeing or something similar.Side note - Bards receive shadow walk as a 5th-level spell, meaning they get it only one level after the Sorcerer.&nbsp; So it's particularly good for them, especially without getting teleport or wind walk.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kelleris, post: 2139131, member: 19130"] Yes, the main advantage of [I]shadow walk[/I] is flexibility. I almost always take it for my high-level Bard characters because it fills so many different roles with just a single "spells known" slot - large-scale transport, planar travel, getaway spell for you and a friend. Heck, you can even use it to randomly teleport enemies. If you're real lucky, they'll wander off into Deep Shadow and get eaten by a pack of greater shadows. :] I like to tumble past enemies and try to touch someone who's really irked me in the combat when I use it to run away. That way, there's at least a chance that you can take them down with you. [I]Teleport[/I] sure doesn't give you a parting shot like that! Oh, and as for the "attack" use of the spell - it's an illusion spell. I haven't yet, but if I ever make an illusionist Bard/Sorcerer/Wizard it would be useful as an attack spell that benefits from SF and GSF (illusion) while still affecting creatures that aren't affected by figments due to [I]true seeing[/I] or something similar. Side note - Bards receive [I]shadow walk[/I] as a 5th-level spell, meaning they get it only one level after the Sorcerer. So it's particularly good for them, especially without getting [I]teleport[/I] or [I]wind walk[/I]. [/QUOTE]

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